作为人类学家，您将研究成为加拿大乃至全世界的人意味着什么。通过系统地观察和调查不同人类社会中的文化生活，您将了解我们认为自然而然的大部分实际上是由我们的文化构成的方式。一旦您发现家庭，艺术，政治或经济学采取许多可能的形式，您对一个人意味着什么的观念就会扩展和成长。通过我们的课程，您将检查自我和身份，研究跨文化的大规模研究项目，并将我们的方法应用于几乎任何地方-从非洲到中东或加勒比海-几乎到从医学到性别或神话的任何话题。我们以鼓励学生参与本地，国家和国际研究而闻名。您将从事自己的项目，并有机会从事教师研究。
As an anthropologist, you study what it means to become a person in Canada and around the world. By systematically observing and investigating cultural life in diverse human societies, youll understand the ways in which much of what we assume to be natural is, in fact, constructed by our culture.<br><br>Once you discover that family, art, politics or economics take many possible forms, your notion of what it means to be a person expands and grows. Through our courses, youll examine the self and identity, look at large-scale research projects across cultures, and apply our methods to nearly any place from Africa to the Middle East, or the Caribbean to nearly any topic from medicine to gender, or myth.<br><br>Were known for encouraging our students to participate in local, national, and international research. You'll work on your own projects, and have the opportunity to work on faculty research. Anthropology teaches you critical skills that equip you to make informed decisions in any profession. The Co-op program gives academically strong students a chance to bridge university life and the working world by completing paid work terms. Co-op students graduate with job-search skills, enhanced personal and professional skills as well as a year's worth of work experience.